Hobby Shops In L.A. Area?

[Petetrucker07]

Great to hear your trip went well. The races were very exciting, I watched from home. I can't wait to take my son when he gets a little older, he's only 6 months right now. I think you hit the key hobby shops in the area. It's also cool you were still able to get in Barris, being so close to his passing. 

I'm happy to hear you were able to do some site seeing. The bridge that bypasses the Hoover Dam, I had a small hand in building it. I drove for a company that delivered the powder cement during its construction. There also a couple of casinos I delivered powder cement to also. 

Hope you are able to make the trip again. In-N-Out is worth the trip alone!

Not to rub it in, but it's supposed to in 70s this weekend. 

 

[Quick GMC]

I'm a little late here, but there is a hobby shop called Tony's Hobbies in CIty of Industry. Not exactly LA, but worth the 20-30 minute drive. I have never seen so many models in one place before. 

[av405]

Tony's Hobbies is in Baldwin Park. That place was mentioned already and the OP said he stopped by.

[W-409]

Glad you had a good trip. I grew up in So Cal and Dad was racing director for Valvoline so I did lots of 'car' stuff.

To bad Peterson museum was closed as it is a great place too. 

Yep, it was a lot of fun. I will have to put that museum on my list so I can go there next time I'm visiting around there. There is still a lot of stuff to see for sure. This time definitely won't be the last.

Great to hear your trip went well. The races were very exciting, I watched from home. I can't wait to take my son when he gets a little older, he's only 6 months right now. I think you hit the key hobby shops in the area. It's also cool you were still able to get in Barris, being so close to his passing. 

I'm happy to hear you were able to do some site seeing. The bridge that bypasses the Hoover Dam, I had a small hand in building it. I drove for a company that delivered the powder cement during its construction. There also a couple of casinos I delivered powder cement to also. 

Hope you are able to make the trip again. In-N-Out is worth the trip alone!

Not to rub it in, but it's supposed to in 70s this weekend. 

 

On the races it was very neat to see many cars as here in Europe the ladders are much smaller. Funny Car is not driven in here either (They drive a small series in UK but not on other countries as far as I know) so those were very interesting to see. After watching their first Qualifying Round on Friday, I had to say that FC is absolutely the best Pro-Category, followed by Pro Stocks. And of course it was nice to see the Swedish guy, Jonnie Lindberg, winning the Championship in TAFC.

Hoover Dam and that bridge were good looking places as well. The view from that Dam was quite impressive.

That 70s sounds good to me ! Right now here in Finland it's exactly 30 degrees.

 

 

And yes, Tony's Hobbies was a great place. You're right that the amount of Model Car Kits was something you don't see every day and in addition to that there were lots of other models than cars, too.

 

 

Looks like I forgot to mention them on my last post, but AutoBooks-AeroBooks was a great place as well. Large selection of books and magazines, movies etc. While we were there, we stopped by at Las Vegas Drag Strip and Irwindale Raceway even if there was no activity in them. But we thought why not to stop by since we're really close to them. Veteran's Day Car Show at Huntington Beach and Cruising Nights on Bob's Big Boy Burger in Downey were fun, too.

 

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Irwindale Raceway? If I'd known you'd be there I'd have told you to check out the Pick-A-Part wrecking yard nearby - the owner has a huge stash of vintage stuff (or at least he did a few years ago). Next time...

[W-409]

On our way home I was reading an Auto Trader Magazine or something like that and I saw an ad of that place. According to the advertisement it looked like a good place, but I didn't know where it was. Well, I will have to put that on my list for next time...